1. The head of the Oakland police officers’ union strongly criticized Mayor Libby Schaaf’s controversial ban on nighttime street protests, calling it “a failed policy” and a “failure of leadership,” the Trib$ reports. Union Chief Barry Donelan said the ban is unfairly pitting police officers against peaceful protesters. Civil rights attorneys plan to meet again with Schaaf next week to discuss the ban, which they contend is illegal. Independent Court Monitor Robert Warshaw, who has sweeping powers over OPD, will also attend the meeting. Schaaf did not consult with Warshaw before instituting the ban.

2. After nearly one hundred affordable housing activists and local residents blasted a proposal to build a luxury housing tower on public land near Lake Merritt, the city council decided to postpone a vote on the plan, the Trib$ reports. Some councilmembers also expressed skepticism about the legality of the city’s proposed sale of taxpayer-owned land to a market-rate developer. Under state law, municipalities are supposed to prioritize affordable housing on surplus public property.

5. The second steel rod that broke on the new Bay Bridge did not fail due to corrosion, but because of faulty workmanship, the Chron reports. Caltrans officials hailed the finding, saying it shows that steel rods on the new span are not corroding as some had feared, but experts say the news of bad workmanship is still troubling.

7. Legislation that would require police agencies to provide to the state comprehensive data on police stops moved forward in Sacramento, the SacBee$ reports. Most police agencies do not track racial and demographic data on the people they stop, although the Oakland Police Department is required to do so under a federal order designed to eliminate racial profiling by police.